{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE\nALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY\nWEDNESDAY, January 4, 2012\nThe meeting convened at 7:10 p.m. with Chair Gilmore presiding.\n1. ROLL CALL\nPresent:\nBoard Members Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and Chair\nGilmore - 5.\nAbsent:\nNone.\n2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\n(12-001) Cara Kuhlman, Alameda, discussed starting dialogue with the ARRA to open a\ncommunity sailing center program at Alameda Point.\n3. CONSENT CALENDAR\n(*12-002) Approve the Minutes of the Special and Regular Meetings of December 7, 2011.\n(*12-003) Authorize the Executive Director to Execute an Amendment to an Agreement with\nRussell Resources for Environmental Consulting Services for Alameda Point Extending the Term\nfor 12 Months and Adding $165,000 to the Budget.\n(*12-004) Authorize the Executive Director to Execute an Amendment to an Agreement with\nCarlson, Barbee & Gibson for Civil Engineering and Surveying Consulting Services for Alameda\nPoint Extending the Term for 24 Months and Adding $74,400 to the Budget.\nMember Tam moved for approval of the Consent Calendar. Member deHaan seconded the\nmotion, which carried by unanimous voice vote - 5. [Items so enacted or adopted are\nindicated by an asterisk preceding the paragraph number.]\n4.\nREGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n(12-005) Award Contract in the Amount of $225,000 to Keyser Marston Associates to Prepare an\nEconomic Development Strategy for Alameda Point.\nThe Chief Operating Officer - Alameda Point discussed the Office of Economic Adjustment\n$225,000 award to the ARRA to conduct economic development strategy.\nMember Johnson expressed concern that any economic strategy or plan may be irrelevant\nbecause of the elimination of the redevelopment agencies. The Chief Operating Officer -\nAlameda Point explained that it is even more important to have a strategy in place and be\nprepared to attract industrial and commercial users that can help bring in the infrastructure.\nMember Tam inquired if there will be an increased dependency on private funds because of the\nloss of tax increment funding. Tim Kelly, Keyser Marston, stated that there are lots of opportunity\nfor growth and enhancement with existing tenants. He discussed other financing tools available,\nincluding Infrastructure Financing Districts and Community Facilities Districts. Mr. Kelly explained\nthat these financing tools have to be packaged in phases so it can be managed and delivered.\nRegular Meeting\nARRA\nJanuary 4, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 2, "text": "Member deHaan expressed concern about how to address the community process. The Chief\nOperating Officer - Alameda Point explained that there was feedback from the community that\nthere is a bit of fatigue on community meetings. The focus now is to engage the tenants. The\nChief Operating Officer - Alameda Point agreed with Member deHaan that the Economic\nDevelopment Commission and other formal bodies should be engaged.\nVice Chair Bonta moved for approval of the staff recommendation. Member Johnson\nseconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote - 5.\n(12-006) Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Memorandum of Agreement between the Alameda\nReuse and Redevelopment Authority and the United States Navy for the Economic Development\nConveyance of Portions of the Former Naval Air Station Alameda.\nChair Gilmore stated that although the No-Cost Economic Development Conveyance is\novershadowed by the redevelopment news, it is still amazing and exciting news. The Chief\nOperating Officer - Alameda Point agreed and provided a summary of events. The ARRA\napproved a term sheet with the Navy on October 5, 2011. The term sheet contemplated a no-cost\nconveyance of Alameda Point from the Navy to the ARRA consistent with the 1996 Reuse Plan.\nThe Term Sheet became the final amendment to the existing 2000 Memorandum of Agreement\nwith the Navy. The Chief Operating Officer - Alameda Point discussed the changes, including the\nconveyance schedule, the enforcement mechanism, use of proceeds, and the addition of\nsubmerged lands. The conveyance schedule contemplates a vast majority of the property coming\nto the ARRA by the end of 2012.\nChair Gilmore thanked staff for working tirelessly and effortlessly over the years to make the No-\nCost Economic Development Conveyance happen.\nProponent: Helen Sause, Housing Opportunities Make Economic Sense (HOMES).\nMember Tam moved for approval of the staff recommendation. Member Johnson\nseconded the motion. Chair Gilmore requested a roll-call vote be conducted: Vice Chair\nBonta - aye, Member deHaan - aye, Member Johnson - aye, Member Tam - aye, Chair\nGilmore - aye. Ayes - 5, Abstentions - 0, Noes - 0.\n5.\nORAL REPORTS\n(12-007) Oral Report from Member deHaan, Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) Representative -\nHighlights of December 1, 2011 RAB Meetings.\nMember deHaan stated that he provided the 12/1 update at the December ARRA meeting and\nthat the RAB will not meet again until March. It is still being evaluated and discussed if RAB\nmeetings will be held on a quarterly basis.\n6.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\nNone.\nRegular Meeting\nARRA\nJanuary 4, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 3, "text": "7.\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS\nThe Executive Director re-emphasized the news of the ARRA receiving portions of Alameda Point\nat a No-Cost Conveyance.\n8.\nREFERRALS FROM THE GOVERNING BODY\nNone.\n9.\nCOMMUNICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNING BODY\nNone.\n10. ADJOURNMENT\nThere being no further business, Chair Gilmore adjourned the meeting at 7:49 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nIrma Glidden\nARRA Secretary\nRegular Meeting\nARRA\nJanuary 4, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 4, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nWEDNESDAY- -JANUARY 4, 2012--6:00 P.M.\nMayor Gilmore convened the meeting at 6:05 p.m.\nRoll Call - Present:\nCouncilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and Mayor\nGilmore - 5.\nAbsent:\nNone.\nThe meeting was adjourned to closed session to consider:\n(12-015) Conference with Labor Negotiators (54957.6); Agency Negotiators: Human\nResources Director and Masa Shiohira; Employee Organizations: Management and\nConfidential Employees Association (MCEA), Alameda City Employees Association\n(ACEA), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and Police Officers\nNon-Sworn (PANS).\nFollowing the closed session, the meeting was reconvened and Mayor Gilmore\nannounced that the labor negotiators provided the status of negotiations with four\nbargaining units: IBEW, ACEA, PANs, and MCEA.\nAdjournment\nThere being no further business, Mayor Gilmore adjourned the meeting at 7:05 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\nJanuary 4, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 5, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING\nAUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (HABOC) MEETING\nWEDNESDAY- -JANUARY 4, 2012- -7:02 P.M.\nMayor/Chair Gilmore convened the meeting at 7:51 p.m.\nROLL CALL -\nPresent:\nCouncilmembers/Commissioners\nAllen,\nBonta,\ndeHaan, Johnson, Tam and Mayor/Chair Gilmore - 6.\nAbsent:\nNone.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nNone.\nAGENDA ITEM\n(12-017 CC) Resolution No. 14634, \"(1) Determining It Will Serve as a Successor\nAgency to the Community Improvement Commission of the City of Alameda (\"CIC\"); (2)\nElecting Not to Retain the Housing Assets and Functions Previously Performed by the\nCIC; (3) Authorizing Assumption by the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda\n(\"Housing Authority\") of the Rights, Powers, Assets, Liabilities, Duties, and Obligations\nAssociated with the Housing Activities of the CIC; and (4) Authorizing the City Manager\nto Enter Into an Agreement with the Housing Authority to Fund Costs Associated with\nthe Transferred Housing Activities.\" Adopted; and\n(12-001 A HABOC) Resolution No. 836, \"(1) Agreeing to Assume the Rights, Powers,\nAssets, Liabilities, Duties, and Obligations Associated with the Housing Activities of the\nCommunity Improvement Commission of the City of Alameda; and (2) Authorizing the\nExecutive Director to Enter Into an Agreement with the City of Alameda to Fund Costs\nAssociated with the Transferred Housing Activities.\" Adopted.\nThe Housing Development and Programs Manager gave a brief presentation.\nMayor/Chair Gilmore stated redevelopment agencies would cease to exist on February\n1st, but agreements for 400 redevelopment agencies would not suddenly come into\nexistence on February 2nd\nThe Housing Development and Programs Manager stated agreements would exist\nbecause of each agency's enforceable obligation schedule.\nIn response to Mayor/Chair Gilmore's inquiry, the Housing Development and Programs\nManager stated the County Auditor-Controller would need to audit each agency's\nenforceable obligation schedule by July 1st.\nCouncilmember/Commissioner Tam inquired whether a trust fund would be\nSpecial Joint Meeting\nAlameda City Council and Housing\nAuthority Board of Commissioners\n1\nJanuary 1, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 6, "text": "automatically established by ABX1 26, to which the Housing Development and\nPrograms Manager responded in the affirmative.\nMayor/Chair Gilmore stated on February 1st, responsible agencies would start\nexpending funds in the normal course of business; hopefully, reimbursement would be\nset in place on July 1st.\nThe Housing Development and Programs Manager stated an administrative budget\nneeds to be presented for each successor agency by February; the legislation has\nsome inconsistencies; last year, an obligation schedule was done which predicted\npayment obligations pursuant to enforceable obligations; the next one would be due\nMarch 1st, which would cover January 1st to June 30th; schedules would need to be\napproved by the Oversight Board that would review work of the successor agency; the\nOversight Board would not come into existence until May 1st; suggested amending\nSection 7 to read: \"This resolution shall take effect and be enforced as of the deadline\nfor adoption of this resolution established pursuant to State law as may be amended\nfrom time to time\".\nCouncilmember/Commissioner Tam's inquired whether the City could recover money, to\nwhich the City Manager/Executive Director responded the money has not been\nsubmitted yet.\nMayor/Chair Gilmore stated the State was not hitting budget targets before the ruling; it\nappeared that automatic cuts would go into effect; the State will not receive $1.7 billion\ndue to legislation being declared unconstitutional.\nThe City Manager/Executive Director stated that the State has centralized what the\npayments would be but has created chaos throughout the system.\nVice Mayor/Commissioner Bonta stated things are moving very quickly; that he wants to\nensure that the City does not do something it will regret later; inquired what precautions\nwould be taken if another legislative remedy caused the City's successor agency role to\nnot be advantageous, to which the City Manager/Executive Director responded the\nresolutions could always be amended.\nIn response to Vice Mayor/Commissioner Bonta's inquiry, Rafael Mandelman, Burke,\nWilliams, and Sorensen, stated January 13th is the drop-dead date for cities to opt out of\nbecoming a successor agency.\nCouncilmember/Commissioner Johnson stated a significant amount of affordable\nhousing has been created by redevelopment agencies; inquired whether affordable\nhousing would also cease.\nThe Housing Development and Programs Manager responded hopefully, housing\nadvocates would do something about having a permanent income stream fund for\nSpecial Joint Meeting\nAlameda City Council and Housing\nAuthority Board of Commissioners\n2\nJanuary 1, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 7, "text": "affordable housing; stated the need would not go away.\nCouncilmember/Commissioner Johnson stated the City receives allocations from the\nAssociation of Bay Area Governments (ABAG); without said money, houses cannot be\nbuilt regardless of the allocations.\nThe City Manager/Executive Director stated redevelopment has been the primary\neconomic development program in California; without economic development, there is\nno money for schools or work force housing; that he predicts the State would replace\nsome functions but would do so in a centralized, clunky way rather than in a flexible,\nnimble, and local manner.\nCouncilmember/Commissioner deHaan inquired how other municipalities are handling\nthe issue, to which the Housing Development and Programs Manager responded\nAlameda would be the first to act on the matter.\nThe City Manager/Executive Director stated that redevelopment pays for police officers,\nhalf of the Mayor, Council, and Auditor's salary, which otherwise would need to come\nfrom the General Fund; everything would have to made up from the General Fund; the\nCity has never honeycombed redevelopment.\nMr. Mandelman stated the landscape is rapidly changing and the law is drafted poorly;\nthere will be many messy situations over the next months; the City would be taking on\nresponsibility to manage some of the chaos by becoming the successor agency;\nmanagement would be done by an unfriendly Oversight Board.\nVice Mayor/Commissioner Bonta inquired whether another path or second best\napproach might be adequate but would not be as good as the one recommended\ntonight.\nMr. Mandelman responded tonight's recommendation is the only way to go if the City\nwants to be a successor agency; stated otherwise, the Governor would appoint County\nresidents.\nMayor/Chair Gilmore stated Council has tried for a number of years to get Alameda\nPoint from the Navy so that the City could have local control and have a say in how\nthings move forward.\nThe Housing Development and Programs Manager stated the City would want local\ncontrol over the Alameda Landing Disposition and Development Agreement; exercising\nlocal control over the project would be important.\nCouncilmember/Commissioner Tam stated the City would have local control but would\nlose its ability to generate local revenue through redevelopment; the City would be more\ndependant upon private developer funding for infrastructure and meeting affordable\nSpecial Joint Meeting\nAlameda City Council and Housing\nAuthority Board of Commissioners\n3\nJanuary 1, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 8, "text": "housing marketing objectives; the City would have to find some way to be more\nmarketable and needs to fight fiercely.\nThe Acting City Attorney/Legal Council stated a lot of new ideas would be forthcoming.\nMr. Mandelman stated the California Redevelopment Association and League of\nCalifornia Cities are actively focusing on State goals but would include goals important\nto Alameda such as Base reuse and housing.\nIn favor of resolutions: Robb Ratto, Park Street Business Association, and Jon\nSpangler, Alameda.\nMayor/Chair Gilmore expressed appreciation to staff for acting so quickly on the matter;\nstated the recommendation is viable.\nVice Mayor/Commissioner Bonta inquired whether tonight's recommendation would be\nthe only way to exercise local control, to which Mr. Mandelman responded that he thinks\nso.\nIn response to Councilmember/Commissioner deHaan's inquiry, Mr. Mandelman stated\nthe deadline for dissolution is February 1st; up to that time, the legislature would have an\nopportunity to come up with something that would work for communities that have\nbases that need to be redeveloped; the deadline for deciding whether to be a successor\nagency is January 13th\nThe Chief Operating Officer stated that she has a conference call scheduled for 8:30\na.m. tomorrow with base reuse communities.\nCouncilmember/Commissioner Johnson moved adoption of the resolutions with noted\namendment to Section 7.\nCouncilmember/Commissioner Tam seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous\nvoice vote - 6.\nADJOURNMENT\nThere being no further business, Mayor/Chair Gilmore adjourned the meeting at 8:37\np.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.\nSpecial Joint Meeting\nAlameda City Council and Housing\nAuthority Board of Commissioners\n4\nJanuary 1, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 9, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND ALAMEDA\nREUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (ARRA) MEETING\nWEDNESDAY- -JANUARY 4, 2012--7:01 P.M.\nMayor Gilmore convened the meeting at 7:49 p.m.\nROLL CALL -\nPresent:\nCouncilmembers/Boaro Members Bonta, deHaan,\nJohnson, Tam and Mayor/Chair Gilmore - 5.\nAbsent:\nNone.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nCouncilmembers/Board Member Johnson moved approval of the Consent Calendar.\nCouncilmember/Board Member Tam seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous\nvoice vote - 5.\n(12-016 CC) Resolution No. 14642, \"Appropriating $379,000 in Federal HOME Funds\nand Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute the Necessary Documents\nto\nComplete the Loan to the Alameda Point Collaborative for Acquisition of 240 Corpus\nChristi, 230 Corpus Christi, 2471 Orion, 2451 Orion, 201 Stardust, 251 Stardust, and\n271 Stardust (\"Property\").' Adopted; and\n(12-008 ARRA) Recommendation to Approve Financing on the Property in the Amount\nof $2,279,000. Accepted.\nAGENDA ITEM\nNone.\nADJOURNMENT\nThere being no further business, Mayor/Chair Gilmore adjourned the meeting at 7:50\np.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.\nSpecial Joint Meeting\nAlameda City Council and Alameda\nReuse and Redevelopment Authority\nJanuary 4, 2012", "path": "AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "CivilServiceBoard", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 1, "text": "OF\nMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING\nOF THE\nCIVIL SERVICE BOARD OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012\n1.\nThe meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Board President Avonnet Peeler.\n2.\nROLL CALL: President Avonnet Peeler, Vice President Peter Horikoshi, Members Dean Batchelor,\nLinda McHugh, Marguerite Malloy, and Executive Secretary Holly Brock-Cohn.\nSTAFF PRESENT: Senior Management Analysts Jill Kovacs and Chris Low.\n3.\nMINUTES:\nThe minutes of the regular meeting of October 12, 2011 were presented for Board approval. Member\nMcHugh moved that the minutes be accepted; Member Batchelor seconded the motion which passed\nby a 5-0 vote.\nThe minutes of the special meeting of December 19, 2011 were presented for Board approval. There\nwas a question as to why the board members names were not included in the minutes showing they\nhad attended the meeting. It was unanimously felt that the names of the members in attendance be\nincluded just as they would be on all other minutes. Vice President Horikoshi moved that the minutes\nbe accepted with the addition of the board member names; Member Malloy seconded the motion which\npassed by a 5-0 vote.\n4.\nCONSENT CALENDAR:\nSUMMARY REPORT FOR EXAMINATION ELIGIBLE LISTS AND CLASSIFICATIONS FOR JANUARY\n4, 2012.\n4-A.\nELIGIBLE LISTS ESTABLISHED\nJOB CLASSIFICATION\nDATE ESTABLISHED\nEXAM NO.\nAccounting Officer\n10/24/2011\n2011-34PR\nAdministrative Technician II\n11/21/2011\n2011-31PR\nDivision Chief\n10/10/2011\n2011-16PR\nLibrary Tech\n10/18/2011\n2011-35\nSenior Engineer\n10/06/2011\n2011-23\nSenior Management Analyst-HR\n10/25/2011\n2011-36PR\n4-B.\nELIGIBLE LISTS EXTENDED\nJOB CLASSIFICATION\nDATE ESTABLISHED\nEXAM NO.\nAssociate Civil Engineer\n08/30/2011\n2011-21\nEmergency Medical Svcs Education Coordinator\n01/07/2011\n2010-36\nOffice Assistant\n07/19/2011\n2011-15\nPublic Works Mtce Team Leader\n08/16/2011\n2011-20PR", "path": "CivilServiceBoard/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "CivilServiceBoard", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 2, "text": "City of Alameda\nPage 2\nCivil Service Board Minutes\nRegular Meeting of January 4, 2012\n4-B.\nELIGIBLE LISTS EXTENDED (continued)\nJOB CLASSIFICATION\nDATE ESTABLISHED\nEXAM NO.\nPolice Officer (RECRUIT)\n07/30/2010\n2010-18\nAbbitt, Lamont\nElmore, Jonathan\nMeas, Sinoeun\nAguado, Anthony\nHouston, Nicholas\nMiller, Stephen\nAnderson, Joshua\nHundley, Timothy\nMoreno, Robert\nAshford, James\nKim, Gregory\nPodany, Jason\nBlide, Gregory\nKlenovits, Nikolaus\nRobason, Michael\nCastaneda, Lawrence\nKohn, Zachary\nSanderson, Ryan\nChristianson, Aaron\nLeiva, Emanuel\nStasenka, Donald\nChu, Ronnie\nLocke, Jon\nTangataevaha, Michael\nDavis, Anthony\nLorensen, Dustin\nVongnakhone, Peter\nDavis, Scott\nManriquez, Roy\nWasserman, David\nDe La Rosa, Ernesto\nMaples, Cameron\nYunck, Shannon\nDeBolt, Albert\nMcGhehey, Garrett\nSenior Management Analyst Low explained that the names left on the Police Officer (RECRUIT) list\nwere names of candidates that had not yet been interviewed.\n4-C. ELIGIBLE LISTS EXPIRED/CANCELLED/EXHAUSTED\nJOB CLASSIFICATION\nDATE ESTABLISHED\nEXAM NO.\nMaintenance Worker Il\n02/03/2010\n209-37PR\nPermit Technician III\n08/18/2011\n2011-27PR\n4-D.\nLIST OF SPECIFICATIONS\nExisting Classification Specification Revision:\nEnergy Resources Analyst\nMember McHugh asked if this revision was part of the effort to align positions. Senior Management\nAnalyst Low explained that there had been some recent legislative and regulatory changes that\nimpacted the work of this position. Because the incumbent had resigned, they took that opportunity to\nupdate the job description. Member Batchelor asked if bringing the required experience up from one to\ntwo years would hinder recruitment efforts. Low responded that they had already received some good\napplications where the candidates had the newly required two years of experience.\nMember McHugh moved to accept the specification as written; Vice President Horikoshi seconded the\nmotion which carried by a 5-0 vote.\n5.\nREGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n5-A. Activity Report - Period of September 1, 2011 through November 30, 2011\nVice President Horikoshi asked who the Senior Management Analyst from Human Resources was that\nhad retired. Senior Management Analyst Kovacs indicated that it was Susan Freeman. Kovacs went\non to explain that Admin Management Analyst Emily Hung had been promoted into that position, and\nthe Admin Management Analyst position had been eliminated.\n6.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\nThere were no members of the public present.\nG:\\Personnel\\CSB/2012 Minutes/2012-01-04 CSB Minutes-FINAL.doc", "path": "CivilServiceBoard/2012-01-04.pdf"}
{"body": "CivilServiceBoard", "date": "2012-01-04", "page": 3, "text": "City of Alameda\nPage 3\nCivil Service Board Minutes\nRegular Meeting of January 4, 2012\n7.\nCIVIL SERVICE BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARD)\nMember Malloy wished the Board a Happy New Year. President Peeler asked if the Board would like\nto get a card for departing Human Resources Director and Executive Secretary to the Civil Service\nBoard, Karen Willis. Peeler indicated that she had purchased a personal card and would pass it on to\nHuman Resources staff for forwarding on to Willis. After some discussion, it was decided that each\nBoard member would act independently if they chose to send a card to Willis.\n8.\nCIVIL SERVICE BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM STAFF)\nSenior Management Analyst Kovacs introduced new Human Resources Director and Civil Service\nBoard Executive Secretary, Holly Brock-Cohn. Brock-Cohn spoke about her past experience, all within\nthe public sector, as either a City employee or an independent contractor/consultant. She started her\ncareer 25-30 years ago with the City of Burbank, then moved up to the Bay Area and went to work for\nthe Town of Danville. From there she went to Antioch, then Hayward, and most recently was with the\nCity of Livermore.\nSenior Management Analyst Kovacs alerted the Board that there was another round of layoffs due to\nthe transfer of the City's Animal Shelter to the non-profit group FAAS (Friends of the Alameda Animal\nShelter). There were 5 full-time employees affected; 2 were able to keep jobs, one by bumping into a\nvacant position at the Police Department and the other by bumping into a position at the Public Works\nDepartment recently vacated due to promotion of the incumbent to a position at the Housing Authority.\nThe other 3 Animal Shelter employees were laid off.\nThe next Civil Service Board meeting will be held on April 4, 2012.\n9.\nADJOURNMENT\nPresident Peeler asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:28 p.m. Member McHugh so moved;\nVice President Horikoshi seconded the motion which carried by a 5-0 vote.\nRespectfully submitted,\nHolly S. Cal\nHolly Brock-Cohn\nHuman Resources Director and\nExecutive Secretary to the Civil Service Board\nG:\\Personnel\\CSB\\2012 Minutes/2012-01-04 CSB Minutes-FINAL.doc", "path": "CivilServiceBoard/2012-01-04.pdf"}